Elon Musk withdrew child support over ‘disobedience’ – Ashley St. Clair

Ashley St. Clair, who says she is the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has accused the billionaire of withdrawing child support payments to punish her for “disobedience.”

It comes after St. Clair said she sold her Tesla car on Saturday to make up for Musk’s alleged 60 percent cut to payments, according to the The Daily Mail.

Newsweek has contacted Musk and St. Clair for comment outside of normal working hours.

Why It Matters

Musk has never confirmed that he fathered a child with St. Clair, who filed a lawsuit in New York in February seeking sole custody of her son. In a separate petition, she is seeking a court declaration that Musk is the father.

The custody application included screen shots of texts St. Clair said Musk had sent, in which he allegedly told her he wanted to “knock her up again” and make a “legion” of new children.

What To Know

Responding to St. Clair’s claims on Monday, Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out. No court order is needed.

“Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year.”

St. Clair later responded: “Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born. You refused.

“And you weren’t sending *me* money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for ‘disobedience.’ But you’re really only punishing your son.

She added: “It’s ironic that your last effort in court was to try to gag me while you use a social media channel you literally own to distribute derogatory messages about me and our child to the entire world. It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it.

“America needs you to grow up, you petulant man-child.”